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Wednesday’s Nostalgic News – May 17

by Alexis Velez

Published May 17, 2017

“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”

  • 1792 – The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.  
  • 1932 – The U.S. Congress changed the name “Porto Rico” to “Puerto Rico.”
  • 1939 – The first fashion to be shown on television was broadcast in New York from the Ritz-Carleton Hotel.
  • 1973 – The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings.
  • 1987 – A fire destroyed Tom Petty’s house in Los Angeles, the cost was estimated at $800,000.
  • 1990 – Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to 30 days in jail for DWI.
  • 1996 – US blues guitarist Johnny Guitar Watson died of a heart attack while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. According to eyewitness reports, he collapsed mid guitar solo. His last words were “ain’t that a bitch.”
  • 1997 – Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin were married in London.
  • 1999 – Alex Trebek received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 2001 – The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp based on Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip.

 

“NATIONAL DAY”

  • National Hot Buttered Rum Day
  • National Bootlegger’s Day*
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